First published in Raw Story. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee predicted that, should Donald Trump’s legal troubles preclude him from winning next year’s presidential election, violence will follow. Huckabee, who ran for president in 2008, delivered his fiery remarks on his most recent Trinity Broadcast… Read More
For 15 years, People For’s Right Wing Watch has been tracking, exposing, and disrupting the Far Right. We have held some of the most toxic propagandists and politicians accountable and limited their ability to spread dangerous lies and conspiracy theories. 2021 was a deeply worrisome… Read More
Washington, DC — Today, on the six-month anniversary of the far right attack on the U.S. Capitol, People For the American Way’s Right Wing Watch released a new report, “The Cops Who Joined The Insurrection: Racism, Authoritarianism and Violence,” that examines the violent… Read More
Washington, DC — Today, Right Wing Watch, a project of People For the American Way, released the second part of a report detailing attacks on transgender women and children by far-right members of government and the religious right. “Unsportsmanlike: The Right-Wing Attack on Transgender Women and Children” explores… Read More
Washington, D.C. – Following YouTube’s reversal late today of its decision this morning to permanently suspend the account of Right Wings Watch, People For the American Way’s project dedicated to monitoring dangerous rhetoric on the Far Right, Right Wing Watch Director Adele Stan released the following statement: “We are glad that… Read More
Washington, DC — Today, Right Wing Watch, a project of People For the American Way, released a report detailing attacks on transgender women and children by far-right members of government and the religious right. “Unsportsmanlike: The Right-Wing Attack on Transgender Women and Children,” explores the history of… Read More
This piece was originally written for People For the American Way’s Right Wing Watch. The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday morning that it will hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which Vox legal analyst Ian Millhiser calls “a major threat to Roe v. Wade” and… Read More
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Mind-controlling mosquitos, gaslighting the Capitol insurrection, “Incitement to Ruin” Scratching the Itch Right-wing personality Mark Taylor, who likes to be known as “the firefighter prophet,” has some novel theories about the COVID-19 vaccine. Taylor’s soothsaying had been promoted… Read More
WASHINGTON, DC– People for the American Way’s Right Wing Watch project, this week, published an article examining the right-wing industry lionizing accused Kenosha killer Kyle Rittenhouse, ranging from rhetorical bomb-thrower Ann Coulter to armed neo-Nazis. In August, the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, erupted in protest of the police shooting… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C.— People For the American Way’s Right Wing Watch program is monitoring right-wing reaction to the coronavirus crisis on a daily basis. Below is our new weekly roundup of blog posts illustrating how the right’s responses continue to fall into five major categories: Dismissing… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C.— With the presidential election just months away amid the unprecedented circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic, a new analysis by Right Wing Watch—a project of People for the American Way—analyzes and previews the various forms taken by the right’s disinformation and propaganda campaigns. “Disinformation,… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C.— People For the American Way’s Right Wing Watch program is monitoring right-wing reaction to the coronavirus crisis on a daily basis. Below is our new weekly roundup of blog posts illustrating how the right’s responses continue to fall into five major categories: Dismissing and Downplaying the Threat; Distracting Americans with… Read More
People For the American Way's Right Wing Watch program is monitoring right-wing reaction to the coronavirus crisis on a daily basis. This is their new weekly roundup of those blog posts on how the Right's responses continue to fall into the five major categories identified by researcher Peter Montgomery. Read More
People For the American Way's Right Wing Watch program is pleased to report that following Right Wing Watch's exposure of a coronavirus scam, a number of authorities are taking action to shut down the scam and save lives. Read More
A new PFAW Right Wing Watch report on voter suppression, released today, reveals the grand sweep of the right-wing national project to suppress the hard-won right to vote of Americans across the country—a project that accelerated as backlash to the outcome of the 2008… Read More
It’s been a busy year for the Right Wing Watch team as Religious Right leaders and far-right players moved their game to the heart of power in and around the Trump White House. Right Wing Watch Impact Jared Holt’s reporting on the hosting of violence-inciting conspiracy theorists and hate-mongers… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Today, following reporting by Right Wing Watch, a project of People For the American Way, pointing out how conspiracy theorist Alex Jones violated PayPal’s terms of service, the company announced it was dropping Jones’s organization Infowars from its service. “Alex Jones’ ability to profit from spreading malicious conspiracy theories… Read More
On April 30, Right Wing Watch released a report on 12 extreme and fringe candidates that are exercising influence in the 2018 elections by attempting to pull their races to the far right. Find highlights here on 12 of the candidates that Right Wing Watch will track this… Read More
PFAW’s Right Wing Watch is playing a unique role in the fight to stop the confirmation of Trump’s secretary of state nominee Mike Pompeo. The Radical Right is in full-court press mode, doing everything they can to get Pompeo confirmed. But our Right Wing Watch team of experts… Read More
On Wednesday, researchers from People For the American Way’s Right Wing Watch project joined PFAW members for a telebriefing on their work tracking extreme Right movements and activists in the age of Trump. Senior Fellow Peter Montgomery opened by discussing the deal that Trump made with Religious Right leaders to… Read More